{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Trigger Proof Transmissions ","title":"The Shocking Truth About Toxic Relationships And Your Mental Health","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":200,"description":"\"It's just stress,\" he told himself as the doctor delivered the diagnosis.Anal fistula. Surgery required. Six weeks of recovery.A fistula is a painful opening in his rectum.Something has been bugging his a**.What he didn't mention to the doctor was that the symptoms appeared exactly during the peak of the worst fights he'd been having with his wife—when he'd swallowed his true feelings, pretending \"It's fine\" while a storm raged inside.Another client called me from the hospital. Emergency appendectomy.\"The strangest part,\" she whispered, \"is that I felt relieved when they told me I needed surgery. Like finally there was proof something was wrong.\"What she didn't say: the pain had been building as she’s coming to terms with the fact that she’s been abandoning herself in the relationship,but chose to say nothing because she was terrified of \"making things worse.\"In both cases, their bodies were screaming what their hearts refused to speak.Emotional safety was missing.“Your body keeps the score”- B. Van Der KolkWe've been conditioned to believe that physical illness is random, that relationship conflict is separate from our health, and that \"being strong\" means swallowing resentment and carrying on.But what 25 years of working with patients and clients in clinical practice and beyond has taught me:The body is actually engaged in an intelligent rebellion against the lies you tell yourself.I can say this to you with a calm confidence:That chronic condition, surprise diagnosis, or mysterious pain is actually a messenger.I spent years as a chiropractor watching this pattern unfold:A patient arrives with back pain that started \"for no reason\"Further conversation reveals a devastating loss six months earlierThey insist they've \"dealt with it\" and \"moved on\"Yet their spine, muscles, and nervous system tell a different storyIt was only when I began to understand the science of polyvagal theory—the neurobiology of safety and connection—that I realized what was happening.The...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0BpSAOIWk835q3jn3GKBDXPaGPhJ-MM-oFHQMwR5A1Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMGEx/NjcxY2YyYzgyZTA2/NjQ1MTMyNmFkMWJl/MDAxZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}